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AOR PS4 Ginetta GT5 S1 - Tier 2 Champion & F1 Cod

Season 16 of the AOR Hype Energy F1 Leagues has finished after 21 weeks of great, competitive racing. This means that it's finally time for Awards! Who is the cleanest driver? And who is the most underrated driver? Feel free to share your thoughts about Season 16 in this thread, using the template below. You don't have to do this, it's only for fun, but I'm sure we would all love to read your thoughts.

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Best Racer
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Most Consistent Driver
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Who at the beginning of the Championship did you think would win this season?
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USA (no practice but got 2nd and was under pressure to maintain a gap behind for most of the race)

Russia (seem to remember it being a pretty close race for the top 4 until long into the 2nd stint)

Monaco (winning by 30 seconds is always nice)

Worst Race of the Season and why?

Austria (wiped out in the first lap, managed to have a nice battle with @HunJackson [think it was him anyway] before being hit and then taken out completely by the same lap car. At one point was only a few seconds behind the leaders so felt like without this particular driver I could have won)

Belgium (the ultimate bottlejob from myself)

Japan (head was all over the place and resulted in a very poor race)

It's been a pleasure. I hope to race some of you in the future and hope I can rectify the discrepancy between my one-lap pace and race-pace and also to sort out my serial bottling issues. Bring on Season 17!

S16 AOR PS4 F7 Champion

This season has been really really enjoyable with you guys. I'm really really happy with being able to take the championship this season! With this being my first and only league I've done and with my insanely busy schedule as a teacher keeping me from practicing much, I was honestly not expecting a lot coming into the season, maybe a top 5. Thank you fellas for the support and good racing all season. This league felt so close all the time.

Out of my own principle, even though in some cases I would like to put myself, I would prefer not to list myself in any of these (I'll leave that up to you guys to judge me! haha)

Britain (a great race all around for me. Pretty simple in that I took my first pole, got a great start, fought quickly and well through traffic after the pit stops, was very consistent, and kept cool when @humbo was slowly catching me in the closing laps)

Austria (after the leaders got taken out, the ENTIRE race was a battle with @Zuidema where I had to keep him behind despite having a broken front wing. I still don't know to this day how I was able to fend him off for an entire race with him in my DRS but it was exciting to say the least)

Belgium (This was a personal favorite in the fact that I was able to take away the win despite having spun out during the rain period of the race. I kept cool, did what I had to do, and fought my way back up the grid to the front with @SterlingWest. With completely dead tires I was able to get past on the second-to-last lap and take the win. I think I pissed of the beast in @SterlingWest from that point on because he became untouchable in the next bunch of races haha. So I apologize to everyone else in the league for provoking him!

BONUS 4. Japan (by far Japan was by far my worst circuit on the calendar and I literally just had the goal of finishing the race and maaaaybe getting top 6 or so. And after the social race we had the week before, I thought even that was going to be a stretch... So I dedicated myself to prepare as much as I could in as little time as I had and really prepared mentally to do my best. Because of my consistency, I was able to take away an unexpected podium which I was thrilled about!)

Worst Race of the Season and why?1. Italy (By far the lowest and most aggravating race in that I had solid pace, had a safe and comfortable podium going into the second to last lap right behind @Zuidema. Going around the Lesmos on lap 25/26 I took my mind out the present moment for probably only like half a second; half a second long enough to slide the car and crash away an important 3rd position. If it wouldn't had been for that crash, I would have had a chance to take the title in Brazil. Because of that, my mindset the rest of the season was to be present every lap, every corner. However, because of that, I also mentally backed off a bit and played conservative during the next bunch of Grand Prix during the races once I knew near the end of the season what I had to do to win the Championship. So a negative and a positive to take away I guess)2. Spain (crashed out in Spain. But the aftermath was that it really taught me a lot about how I didn't prepare properly for races. I found out too late that my tires were overheating and I ended up spinning into the path of another car and DNFing from the race. Hard pill to swallow, but learned a lot)3. Germany (I rushed back from flying for the holidays, frantically tried to get my PS4 connected, and got back literally JUST in time to race and missed qualifying. Just wanted to get some points and literally was out before the 2nd corner. A real letdown after trying so hard to get back in time)

Overall, this has been such a journey this season and I love the feeling of getting the "competitive juices" flowing. This eSport is just as much mental skill as it is physical reflexes and I love that! Good luck to everyone in Season 17!

Germany: Had the most fun there. Most of the race battling other people and Winning from P13.

Singapore: My best performance pace wise.

Canada: My first ever win and really unexpected.

Worst Race of the Season and why?

Australia and Baku because i both crashed out on my own like an idiot

Hungary because i felt like i didnt have any pace at all there

France: I still dont understand what really happened there. In the race it just felt like my tyres were too hot the whole time, not once could i take the fast right hander after the straights flat. At first i though i might have selected the wrong setup, but after rewatching my footage i saw i had the right setup. Ive done races with the same setup on that track and never had the same issue.

Formula 4 2nd Driver

This season has been really really enjoyable with you guys. I'm really really happy with being able to take the championship this season! With this being my first and only league I've done and with my insanely busy schedule as a teacher keeping me from practicing much, I was honestly not expecting a lot coming into the season, maybe a top 5. Thank you fellas for the support and good racing all season. This league felt so close all the time.

Out of my own principle, even though in some cases I would like to put myself, I would prefer not to list myself in any of these (I'll leave that up to you guys to judge me! haha)

Britain (a great race all around for me. Pretty simple in that I took my first pole, got a great start, fought quickly and well through traffic after the pit stops, was very consistent, and kept cool when @humbo was slowly catching me in the closing laps)

Austria (after the leaders got taken out, the ENTIRE race was a battle with @Zuidema where I had to keep him behind despite having a broken front wing. I still don't know to this day how I was able to fend him off for an entire race with him in my DRS but it was exciting to say the least)

Belgium (This was a personal favorite in the fact that I was able to take away the win despite having spun out during the rain period of the race. I kept cool, did what I had to do, and fought my way back up the grid to the front with @SterlingWest. With completely dead tires I was able to get past on the second-to-last lap and take the win. I think I pissed of the beast in @SterlingWest from that point on because he became untouchable in the next bunch of races haha. So I apologize to everyone else in the league for provoking him!

BONUS 4. Japan (by far Japan was by far my worst circuit on the calendar and I literally just had the goal of finishing the race and maaaaybe getting top 6 or so. And after the social race we had the week before, I thought even that was going to be a stretch... So I dedicated myself to prepare as much as I could in as little time as I had and really prepared mentally to do my best. Because of my consistency, I was able to take away an unexpected podium which I was thrilled about!)

Worst Race of the Season and why?1. Italy (By far the lowest and most aggravating race in that I had solid pace, had a safe and comfortable podium going into the second to last lap right behind @Zuidema. Going around the Lesmos on lap 25/26 I took my mind out the present moment for probably only like half a second; half a second long enough to slide the car and crash away an important 3rd position. If it wouldn't had been for that crash, I would have had a chance to take the title in Brazil. Because of that, my mindset the rest of the season was to be present every lap, every corner. However, because of that, I also mentally backed off a bit and played conservative during the next bunch of Grand Prix during the races once I knew near the end of the season what I had to do to win the Championship. So a negative and a positive to take away I guess)2. Spain (crashed out in Spain. But the aftermath was that it really taught me a lot about how I didn't prepare properly for races. I found out too late that my tires were overheating and I ended up spinning into the path of another car and DNFing from the race. Hard pill to swallow, but learned a lot)3. Germany (I rushed back from flying for the holidays, frantically tried to get my PS4 connected, and got back literally JUST in time to race and missed qualifying. Just wanted to get some points and literally was out before the 2nd corner. A real letdown after trying so hard to get back in time)

Overall, this has been such a journey this season and I love the feeling of getting the "competitive juices" flowing. This eSport is just as much mental skill as it is physical reflexes and I love that! Good luck to everyone in Season 17!